Editing hair colour on Adobe

Edited picture on Adobe Elements 11! Made her hair more bright and bold with a statement colour to represent R&B and make her stand out on my front cover! Using the paint brush on a soft brush.

Creating my front cover

creating my front cover, I'm not doing what i had planned to do. My masthead hasn't gone to plan, neithers my photos nor the stories inside. So when i come to do the real thing it will be how i want it and how the audience wants it.

New sticker for front cover

New sticker made for my front cover! Win free tickets to a concert to draw in audiences attention to buy the magazine! Made on Adobe Elements 11.

Institutions

I have done some more research into my Institutions and I have come across IPC Media. My magazine is targeted at people who like R&B and the classic side to it. My age range is 16/17 + and people 20+ the people who lived throughout the 90's etc, the ones who were brought up listening to this genre of music. Its targeted at all mixed ethnicity's; global.
My magazine is going to be a subscription online, where IPC Media is a perfect choice as it does subscribe magazine. I also have facebook and twitter links for my magazine due to my age range being 16/17 + people are all updated with the newest smart phones and digital technology. So on their smart phones and tablets and computers they might rather subscribe to the magazine rather than buy it from shops. They may also want to join the social network pages as everyone these days are now on facebook or twitter so when they subscribe they can see all the newest updates with the magazine. I'm also going to have an itunes and android app so people can also download the magazine as an app instead of going out and buying the magazine. It will be available to everyone, and they can get it as easy as downloading an app. For the older audience they may prefer buying the magazine and reading it by hand rather than downloading it as the older generation of people may not have the newest technology and not know how to use the app store or android's. So the magazine will also be available at local supermarkets such a as Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons and Waitrose for the wealthier people. It shall also be available at newsagents on the shelf will all the other music magazines.
IPC Media would be the perfect choice because although they don't distribute many music magazines, which is a good thing because mine wouldn't be amongst any that may be in competition, however they do distribute magazines such as Now, which isn't a music magazine but its a magazine that does include plenty of R&B artists with their latest gossip, this is the magazine that may include some of the same celebrities but instead of lifestyle gossip it will have their music side of the gossip.

IPC Media

I am not using IPC Media to publish my magazine because once again its not my music genre. The magazine they do publish is NME and although they do occasionally publish magazines that have some R&B articles in, its not the right category for me. It's a lot more indie and rock etc... to the music magazine I'm creating.

Bauer Media

I am not choosing Bauer Media to publish my magazine due to the fact that the magazines they do publish are no where near the same kind of style or genre that mine is. They're a completely different category in the music industry.

R&B magazine subscription

http://rnbmagazine.com/

This is a link to an existing R&B magazine, you cant buy it on the shelves you can only subscribe to it and I've been getting a lot of inspiration from this magazine as there is actually no magazines out there on shelves like mine.

Photo shoot eye make up ideas

This is what i want my female models to do their eye makeup like because its stands out and looks flirty and sexy, also looking on existing r&b magazines this is what the models have their eye makeup like.

Prezie presentation- Target Audience Survey Analysis

http://prezi.com/0momu0wx5fbr/edit/#26_238900

Photo shoot costume ideas

I've decided that for one of my models i want them to wear this blue top, its bright, its bold and on a plain dark background it will really stand out. 

Another photoshoot

I need to do another photo shoot this week because the images i have taken are not varied enough, i need many different people in lots of different outfits, i need enthusiastic people who dont mind getting their photo taken and are confident behind the camera. I need males and females and im going to make another plan and use my mood board even more.

Selection and Rejection

Flickr

I have just created a Flickr account and all my photos from my photoshoot have been uploaded

Photoshoot Hiccup

Ive had a slight hiccup involving the photoshoot. The people who i had originally asked to do my photoshoot agreed to it, however when i tried to get a time and date sorted they didnt get back to me, so at last minuite i had to change my model. Over a period of the previous weekend i had to get another model, luckily i got one and Becka Dyer in my media agreed to do it for me so monday dinner time i managed to get my photoshoot done for today.

Bling in masthead

This is the image of bling i used in my masthead and side story on my front cover and the contents title. I do this on Adobe Photoshop Elements 11.
I do this by highlighting all the letters i want the bling to be placed into, i then press edit at the top of the screen and select 'paste into selection'. I then had a masthead full of bling and then i wen on effect at the bottom right of the screen and added the embossed edging around the outline.

Development of the masthead

When I came up with my masthead and decided how I wanted to do my R&B masthead i then needed to decide the colour and font style of the 'classics'. I decided to go with the bottom one. The first one blended into the background and had too much of a traditional font. The second one also blended in to much with the background but i liked the blue as it is the same colour as Harry's eye colour on the DPS. The font is more modern as it is a classic R&B magazine with a modern twist.

Idea for contents page and DPS

I was thinking of having one of my models doing this pose for either my contents page or my DPS. It takes up a lot of the page and is a different and sexy, seductive and flirty image. The model looks confident and is making eye contact with the camera which is also known as a mode of address.

Photo shoot

For my photo shoot, tonight I'm going to get in touch with all my models and see if they'll be able to be models for me tomorrow dinner.
Im also being a friends model for her magazine tomorrow too so it will be busy. I hope they'll be able to come tomorrow so i have images ready for tuesday's media lesson when i go onto Adobe Elements 11 and start the creation of my magazine.

An idea for my main article

I have just decided that my main story on my magazine front cover will be an EXCLUSIVE story. The word might catch the audiences attention because its exclusive, not just any ordinary main story on a magazine.

Hyperlink to an existing R&B magazine

http://rnbmagazine.com/

This link goes to an existing R&B magazine that has been giving me inspiration for my own magazine. This is an online magazine that you can subscribe to.

Sketch of DPS idea and analysis

Sketch of contents page and analysis

R&B mast head ideas

For the R&B in my masthead i was thinking of making it big, sparkly, and silver. It looks glamorous and will really stand out on the black background on the front cover of my magazine. It looks musical, fits in with the genre, its made up of lights and shiny objects which is a connotation of stars and fame. 

Masthead font

I saw this written R&B logo and i love the font! I was thinking of maybe using this font for the 'classic' above or underneath the R&B because its sans serif, fun, looks handwritten and not too modern.

Wordle 5 for masthead name ideas

Wordle 5 for masthead name ideas

Wordle 4 for masthead name ideas

Wordle 3 for masthead name ideas

Wordle 2 for masthead name ideas

Wordle 1 for masthead name ideas

Front Cover Sketch Idea Analysis

Contents Page Photo Shoot Planning

DPS Photo Shoot Planning

Front Cover Photo Shoot Planning

PROBLEM

I am having difficulties outside of school to do more blogging because just recently my laptop has decided to start messing up so im needing to get it fixed soon. Im trying my best to get work done in class and as much as i can in my free time to come into school and spend as many hours as i can in the media room but its becoming a hassle as some days i have a full day at college (not including media lessons) so im struggling to find the time to do my work. This is causing problems because i have so much to do and so little time to do it in. Im trying my best but its so hard.

My mood board

I decided to create a hand made mood board to get some ideas for my magazine. I prefer being creative than on the computer all the time so i decided to do something creative. On this mood board i have lots of artists form the 90's in the R&B industry, this is giving me ideas on poses, expressions, clothes and outfits, make ip and how to do hair. I also have a lot of different mastheads to give myself ideas on fonts, colours and different mastheads for different genres. I have also added a handful of various different existing R&B music magazines to get some ideas on the layout and colours and styles of the magazines already on the shelves. 
I'm going to use this mood board for when i make the front cover of my magazine but its going to be mainly used on my photo shoots. The images I have collected are going to be my inspiration on how how to model my models. I'm not going to copy them exactly but they will give me some ideas on how the makeup was back in the 90's for the R&B genre and how i need to do the models hair but most importantly their expressions and poses. I need to get them right to link with the genre. I cant have a model looking like an R&B artist from the 90's but then ruining the look by having them pose with a aggression as if to say they was going in Hammer. It just wouldn't work, so i need to get it all perfect and this mood board should hopefully help me. 

Masthead brainstorm

During my target audience analysis on Prezie i came across a new masthead to call my magazine!
My genre is R&B back in the 90's so i had been playing around with names to do with the 90's and R&B. Then i can across the word classic. I had a brain storm and decided to call it Classic R&B and wrote down my ideas. The 'R&B' is going to be big and bold and stand out on the page. Then the classic is going to be in either a classical font or a modern one and it will be above the R&B. 

What im doing with target audience feedback and Prezi

I have recently handed out 20 target audience surveys, and got them all filled in. 
I am currently doing a Prezie presentation to analysis all the feedback i got. Doing the Prezie presentation is a bit difficult as it is the first time i have ever used it (or heard of it for that matter) so I'm finding it a little difficult to get the hang of it as its a bit more complex than powerpoint which I'm more comfortable using. 

1st DPS Analysis

My magazine idea and target audience

The genre of my magazine is going to be 90's R&B. I have chosen this genre because i haven't seen a magazine on the shelves quite like this one.
I have a few ideas on what to call my magazine but I'm not quite sure which one. I am going to take my name ideas and create a wordle.
The name ideas i have are:

- 90's R&B
- Back to the 90's
- Back 2 the 90's (with the number 2 backwards)
- R&Back
- Old Skool

My target audience is going to be males and females, mainly females will be attracted to the magazine i think though. The target age group i have chosen is around my age, 17 and above, and also the older generation who lived through the 90's, like 20+. So i have a wide target audience range to meet to, which is going to be difficult but I'm sure i can do it.
I have been influenced by the magazines 'vibe' 'rnb' 'flavour' and 'billboard'.
My colour scheme and possible housestyle will be black and white with 1 or 2 other bright colours to make more important things stand out.
I will issue the magazine as monthly. I will do this because then i have a lot more to talk about of what has gone on in the past month music wise and the issue will be of good quality.
For my photo shoots i shall have 1 main image on my front cover, maybe a couple of images on my contents page and another main image or two for my DPS.

2nd DPS Analysis

Kerrang contents page analysis

Top of the Pops contents page analysis